thine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
pron
  1. Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.
det
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

thīn /ðaɪn/ en-us-thine.ogg

Word forms

thine

Etymology

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

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